Hey everyone. Marcus here! It’s been an exciting week… and it’s only Tuesday.
Sam wrapped up our study of The Gift with a personal letter from Lewis Hyde himself. I’m still a bit shocked by that. If you missed out on that series, Sam did an excellent job, and Lewis Hyde’s letter is the epitome of gratitude and gentility. I really encourage you to go read that.
So. Maybe you noticed the headline of this post? Two of our HighCalling bloggers, Paul Soupiset and Thomas Turner, are helping launch GENERATE magazine. It will be dedicated to the art, lives, and hope of Kingdom living. A third HighCalling blogger, Dan King the BibleDude, may have an article in the first issue as well. I submitted a couple of things and helped them with editing a bit.
Paul’s design is always fascinating, so the magazine is sure to be visually appealling. Tim Snyder is a fun guy even if I did cover him with a speech bubble and tell him to be quiet in a YouTube video. And Makeesha Fisher has been great to work with.
Mostly, though, I just admire their pluck and thought they deserved a mention. Here is some info from their website:
GENERATE exists as a forum to retell the stories of the grassroots communities and individuals who are finding emerging and alternative means to follow God in the Way of Jesus. We hope to create an artifact of this historical conversation. These stories will be transmitted through narrative, works of visual art, documented performances, verse, fiction, non-fiction, essays, and interviews.
We are a grassroots-organized, independent publication. Everyone who works on GENERATE is a volunteer and we are functioning on a cash-only basis. In many ways, GENERATE is an organic business – as such it will experience the birth > growth > and eventual death cycle of all living things. We only seek to be good stewards of this project for as long as it can serve the Conversation.
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Wonderful. Blessings to you all on this project.
And yes, the headline caught my eye. But if I’m being completely honest, I was first drawn in by another headline. The one about strippers. Nothing like shock-value to appeal to your readership. Just sayin.’
Dude… I’m totally looking forward to this magazine kicking off! I appreciate having the opportunity to contribute to it, but I really look forward to reading it!
I’m expecting some great things from Generate!
Dan, I’ve never followed a magazine startup before, much less one like Generate, so I’m really interested to follow the process.
Jennifer, about that title. I wondered if it was good to include the word stripper or not. But that’s what the post is about, you know? Then I grabbed that bubble wrap picture and thought it maybe was too creepy.
But you, know you, lechery IS creepy. Still, I felt compelled to mention that the creepy dude in the picture is not our friend Bradley.
ah, yes, we are not alone.
we are all together with God with the Holy Spirit living through us and in us, as seen in relationship, like seeing the wind in the trees and like seeing sunlight shen it touches a surface showing it’s colour and form. for a moment we can capture the essence of it all, like a passing fragrance.
like looking into someone’s eyes, and knowing that there is also God in the space between.
That is so cool. I’m going to have to subscribe to this thing.
Very cool idea…see what kind of talent and creative-spiritual drive we have among us in the HCB coomunity?
Blessings on your endeavor, dudes!
Thanks for mentioning this Marcus. I am really honored to be a part of this venture and I encourage all High Calling bloggers to subscribe today!